Take to the water at the Back to the Chattahoochee River Race & Festival and get fragrant at the Roswell Lavendar Fest.
Sci Fi Summer Con Atlanta 2015. June 12-14. $35; $20 for Saturday; $10 for Friday or Sunday. Holiday Inn Select, 4386 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, Atlanta. sfscon.tripod.com.
Back to the Chattahoochee River Race & Festival. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. June 13. Race begins at Garrard Landing Park, 8000 Holcombe Bridge Road, Roswell. Festival begins at 10 a.m. at Riverside Park, 575 Riverside Road, Roswell. chattahoochee.org.
Juneteenth Atlanta Parade & Music Festival. Parade starts at 1:30 p.m. June 13. Parade leaves from Booker T. Washington High School and travels west on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to Mozley Park. 4 p.m. June 11. Mozley Park, 1575 Martin L. King Jr. Drive, Atlanta. www.juneteenthatl.com.
Roswell Lavender Festival. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. June 13. Free. Barrington Hall, 535 Barrington Drive, Roswell. www.facebook.com/RoswellLavenderFestival.
Poochella Sustainability Festival. A pet-centric way to learn about environmental issues. Noon-5 p.m. June 14. Free. Piedmont Park, 10th Street and Piedmont Avenue, Atlanta. www.poochellafest.com.
Mountain Park Craft Beer Festival. 1 p.m. June 13. $45; $40 in advance; VIP, $70. 118 Lakeshore Drive, Mountain Park. www.mountainparkbeerfestival.com.
Tap Into Georgia. A benefit for the Dunwoody Nature Center. 2-6 p.m. June 13. $35; $30 in advance. Brook Run Park, 4770 Georgia Way S., Dunwoody. www.dunwoodynature.org/beerfest.
Brookhaven Beer Fest. 3 p.m. June 13. $35-$45. Apple Valley Road, 1251 Apple Valley Road, Atlanta. brookhavenbeerfest.com.
8th Annual Doggies on the Catwalk. 7 p.m. June 13. $50. Buckhead Atlanta, 3035 Peachtree Road N.E., Atlanta. www.fashionado.net/doggiesonthecatwalk.
Peachtree Corners Festival. June 13-14. Free. Corners Parkway and Woodhill Drive, Peachtree Corners. www.peachtreecornersfestival.com.
The Atlanta Cycling Festival. Includes approximately 40 events all around Atlanta. June 13-20. The festival closing bash will be held at 6 p.m. June 20 at Historic 4th Ward Park, North Parcel, near North and N. Angier avenues, Atlanta. www.atlantacyclingfestival.com.
"A Storybook Evening." Judge Glenda Hatchett will serve as the mistress of ceremony and playwright Pearl Cleage will be the keynote speaker. Hosted by Page Turners Make Great Learners in support of the organization's literacy programs. 6-8:30 p.m. June 18. Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. 678-521-6459, www.pageturnersgreatlearners.org.
"Beetlejuice." 7:30 p.m. June 18. $10-$12. Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. 1-855-285-8499, www.foxtheatre.org. Read more about the Fox Summer Film Festival lineup here.
"Bruce Munro: Light in the Garden." A British artist famed for using light as an artistic medium, Munro will create six site-specific installations around the Atlanta Botanical Garden and its conservatories, some set to music. It will be a nighttime experience, running through Oct. 3. $22.95, $15.95 ages 3-12 on Fridays-Saturdays; $19.95, $13.95 children on Wednesdays-Thursdays and Sundays. 1345 Piedmont Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-876-5859, atlantabotanicalgarden.org.
